Recaps

Yunyi defeated Miyuki Shiba in the Icicle Destruction match by using his fifth-tier fire magic, Black Rope Hell, and then openly showed his affection for Mayumi Saegusa. After Tatsuya Shiba hinted that he had recognized something about Yunyi’s magic, Yunyi faced teasing from Mayumi and Miyuki while Tatsuya declined to help him.

• Yunyi chanted an incantation and cast Black Rope Hell, melting Miyuki Shiba’s nine ice pillars and winning the match.
• Yunyi approached Mayumi Saegusa, pinched her cheek, and asked whether she was satisfied with the result.
• Yunyi apologized to Tatsuya Shiba and acknowledged Miyuki’s skill, while Tatsuya suggested he had recognized the Activation Sequences behind Yunyi’s magic.
• Miyuki Shiba joined them, and Yunyi joked that Mayumi was to blame for making him show his full strength.
• Mayumi and Miyuki challenged Yunyi’s claim that he would have gone easy without Mayumi watching, and Yunyi asked Tatsuya for help.

After Yunyi’s match against Miyuki, the others warned him to be careful with his powerful magic at the Nine Schools Competition, and Mayumi agreed to help choose what he would use. Yunyi later talked with Tatsuya about CAD adjustments and discussed competition events with his friends, ending with Shizuku suggesting he could win Monolith Code by himself.

• Katsuto and Tatsuya judged Yunyi’s magic to be exceptionally powerful, and Mayumi promised to help him select suitable magic for the competition.
• Yunyi returned to Class 1-E and asked Tatsuya how he had become so skilled at adjusting CADs; Tatsuya said he hoped to become a magic engineering technician.
• After school, Yunyi replied to Mayumi’s message and left, while Mayumi privately wished he had stayed to keep her company.
• Yunyi met Tatsuya and the others at a station, where they discussed the Nine Schools Competition and the events they had entered.
• Yunyi explained that he was only competing in Icicle Destruction, and Shizuku suggested he could win Monolith Code alone.

Yunyi explained how his unusual magic guided and transformed Psions after Honoka noticed that its light differed from Modern Magic. He left the group with an explanation of Psion affinities and the limits of his method.

• Yunyi told Honoka Mitsui that he could not compete in Monolith Code without a team, and Tatsuya Shiba noted that he was not a competitor.
• Miyuki Shiba wanted to enter the main Icicle Destruction competition, but Tatsuya and Yunyi urged her to compete in the newcomers' event instead.
• Yunyi asked Tatsuya Shiba about the problems Modern Magic faced, then teased him for adjusting Miyuki's CAD and preparing her ice-and-fire magic.
• Honoka Mitsui remarked that Yunyi's spell made the Psion light look different, prompting Yunyi to reveal how he transformed gathered Psions into ice.
• Yunyi explained that Psions had affinities that resisted certain transformations, while Modern Magic could use theory to work around that resistance.

Tatsuya Shiba explained what he had observed about Yunyi’s Ancient Magic, while Yunyi decrypted an American message that made him reconsider his plans. Mayumi Saegusa joined Yunyi for dinner before returning home, leaving him alone again.

• Tatsuya Shiba told Miyuki Shiba that Yunyi had reinforced his ice pillar with precisely controlled magic and that he could only partly discern Yunyi’s offensive magic.
• Yunyi decrypted a file sent from America, memorized its important information, and decided his plan needed to move forward.
• Yunyi began considering whom to contact, but Mayumi Saegusa arrived at his house and said she wanted to have dinner with him.
• Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa prepared and ate dinner together, then Mayumi left for home.
• Yunyi watched Mayumi Saegusa drive away and returned to his quiet house, feeling lonely.

Mayumi Saegusa told Koichi Saegusa that she was dating Yunyi after he questioned Yunyi’s hidden Ancient Magic. Koichi allowed her to pursue the relationship until she graduated, leaving Mayumi unsure what to do about their pretend romance before Yunyi suddenly appeared.

• Koichi Saegusa asked Mayumi Saegusa why Yunyi had revealed unusual Ancient Magic and whether she was involved.
• Mayumi admitted that she and Yunyi were dating and asked her father to give Yunyi a chance instead of arranging her marriage to Igura-kun or Jumonji-kun.
• Koichi said Mayumi could continue the relationship until graduation, but warned that he would expect Yunyi to prove his value.
• Mayumi left home uncertain about whether to visit Yunyi and what to tell him.
• Yunyi appeared before Mayumi and remarked that she was wasting her looks with her troubled expression.

Yunyi picked up Mayumi Saegusa from her family home, then helped secure Tatsuya Shiba as a technician for the Nine Schools Competition. The chapter ended with Yunyi preparing to test a new spell after asking Mayumi to approve his training-room request.

• Yunyi arrived at the Saegusa residence and took Mayumi Saegusa to school, where she fell asleep during the drive.
• Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi discussed the Nine Schools Competition technician selection, and Yunyi recommended Tatsuya Shiba.
• Yunyi persuaded Tatsuya Shiba to accept the technician role by pointing out Miyuki Shiba's hopes and revealing that he knew about Tatsuya's skills.
• Tatsuya Shiba agreed to join the support team, making Miyuki Shiba happy.
• Yunyi announced that he had finished an Activation Sequence for a new spell and asked Mayumi Saegusa to approve his request to test it in the training room.

Yunyi demonstrated two spells he had adapted from Ancient Magic for the Nine Schools Competition, showing how Mirror Reflection rebounded a tennis ball and refining a flame spell for Icicle Destruction. Tatsuya Shiba explained the spells’ distinctive qualities, while Suzune Ichihara grew curious about Yunyi’s magic.

• Yunyi invited Mayumi Saegusa, Tatsuya Shiba, Miyuki Shiba, and the others to watch him test spells he had prepared for the Nine Schools Competition.
• Yunyi cast Mirror Reflection, and the spell bounced Tatsuya Shiba’s tennis ball back at more than twice its incoming speed.
• Tatsuya Shiba identified the spell’s strengths and weaknesses, and Yunyi acknowledged that its activation was slow and its reflection followed the original path.
• Yunyi tested a flame spell for Icicle Destruction, spotted an error in its Activation Sequence, and corrected it to produce a flame in his palm.
• Tatsuya Shiba described Yunyi’s magic as a destructive type of Ancient Magic, and Suzune Ichihara watched him with a hint of curiosity.

Yunyi discussed simplifying his Activation Sequences with Tatsuya so he could use his magic in the Nine Schools Competition, then joined the others in helping Azusa with her assignment on weight magic. The chapter ended with everyone turning to Yunyi after he casually said that general-purpose flight magic was a simple spell.

• Tatsuya offered to adjust Yunyi's Activation Sequences to make them deploy faster without reducing their power, and Yunyi agreed.
• Yunyi boasted that his defensive magic and Crowd Ball spells could win matches, and he claimed he could use Gramarye as a trump card against a strong opponent.
• Mayumi suggested that everyone return to the Student Council room, where she reminded Azusa to finish her assignment.
• Azusa explained that she understood two of the three major technical challenges of weight magic but could not explain why general-purpose flight magic had failed.
• Mayumi asked whether Yunyi could use flight magic, and Yunyi said it was a simple spell, surprising everyone.

Yunyi explained his Ring Theory of flight magic to Mayumi Saegusa and the others, then discussed his unfinished spell with Tatsuya Shiba. After lunch, he worked on his terminal and used magic to stop Erika Chiba and Leonhart from laughing at him.

• Yunyi explained that flight magic required linking spell cycles so an information body returned to its original state after each spell.
• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa that his flight magic combined weight reduction with a vector spell, though the vector portion still had flaws.
• Yunyi asked Tatsuya Shiba to study his Activation Sequence, and Tatsuya agreed to examine it for ideas for his own flight magic.
• Mayumi Saegusa dismissed everyone when lunch ended and announced that Tatsuya Shiba and Yunyi should attend the after-school Nine Schools Competition meeting.
• Yunyi worked on his terminal during class, and Erika Chiba and Leonhart laughed when they saw his screen.
• Yunyi used magic to freeze Erika Chiba and Leonhart mid-laugh until Tatsuya Shiba reminded him that using magic without permission violated school rules.

The Nine Schools Competition preparations advanced as Tatsuya proved his engineering ability and Yunyi and Mayumi practiced their events. With the competition three days away, Mayumi set the travel schedule, while her increasingly strange attitude toward Yunyi remained unexplained.

• Mayumi secured approval for Yunyi's entry, and Tatsuya demonstrated his CAD skills at a meeting to win support for his appointment as an engineer.
• Gyoubu watched Mayumi and Yunyi during the meeting, and Yunyi understood that Gyoubu's feelings for Mayumi had been hurt by their relationship.
• Tatsuya began meeting with the competitors assigned to him, while Miyuki reacted badly after Yunyi joked that his group of female competitors resembled imperial consorts.
• Yunyi overwhelmed his practice opponents in Icicle Destruction, and Tatsuya stopped Miyuki from practicing against him because she was not ready to beat him.
• Mayumi told the competitors to prepare for the Nine Schools Competition and announced their departure schedule, then later brought up her changed attitude toward Yunyi.

Mayumi Saegusa confided in Yunyi about her father discovering their pretend relationship and the pressures facing her future. Yunyi offered her hope that they could choose a life together, and Mayumi fell asleep in his arms after kissing him.

• Mayumi Saegusa told Yunyi that her father knew about their relationship and had allowed her to make one selfish choice, then asked Yunyi what she should do.
• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa that their identities and positions left them with no future together, but said Mayumi and Yunyi could have one if she chose it.
• Mayumi Saegusa cried, embraced Yunyi, and fell asleep in his arms, so Yunyi carried her to the guest room.
• Mayumi Saegusa caught Yunyi as he tried to leave and kissed the corner of his mouth before hiding under the covers.
• After Yunyi left, Mayumi Saegusa touched her lips and felt relieved.

Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi headed to First High School on the final day of Nine Schools Competition preparations, with Mayumi growing more conscious of her feelings for him. After Erika Chiba and Mizuki Shibata interrupted her attempt to hold Yunyi’s hand, Yunyi took her hand himself, and they walked together with their fingers entwined.

• Mayumi Saegusa joined Yunyi for breakfast and went over the Nine Schools Competition participant list with him on their way to school.
• Mayumi Saegusa wondered when she had started caring so much about Yunyi, then leaned against his shoulder as he thought about taking Douglas Huang from Tatsuya Shiba.
• Mayumi Saegusa reached for Yunyi’s hand near First High School, but Erika Chiba and Mizuki Shibata called out before she could take it.
• Yunyi and Erika Chiba traded barbs as the four walked together, while Mayumi Saegusa regretted missing her chance to hold Yunyi’s hand.
• Yunyi took Mayumi Saegusa’s hand and winked at her, and she let their fingers entwine as Erika Chiba hurried Mizuki Shibata away, joking that third wheels got kicked.

Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa went shopping for clothes for Icicle Destruction after finishing the room assignments. Their outing ended when Mayumi was called home to receive a guest, and Yunyi comforted her about her Saegusa obligations as they parted.

• Mayumi Saegusa assigned Yunyi a room of his own after he teased her about sharing one.
• Mayumi asked whether Yunyi had prepared clothes for Icicle Destruction, and he admitted he had not.
• Mayumi took Yunyi shopping, and he left an upscale clothing store with an outfit she had chosen.
• Koichi Saegusa called Mayumi home to receive a guest, with Nagura waiting for her in the parking lot.
• Mayumi hugged Yunyi from behind to apologize for ending their outing, and Yunyi told her to endure her Saegusa responsibilities until she could break free of them.

Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi confessed their feelings and began a real relationship. The next day, they joined First High School’s group heading to the Nine Schools Competition, while Yunyi hinted that he would act against the people troubling Mayumi after he caught the mysterious Old Black Bug.

• Mayumi Saegusa kissed Yunyi and told him she had fallen for him, but Yunyi stopped her so he could confess too.
• Mayumi Saegusa interrupted Yunyi in turn, and they agreed they were even before embracing and parting.
• Mayumi Saegusa messaged Yunyi to remind him to wear the clothes she had chosen for him the next day.
• Yunyi waited for Mayumi Saegusa at First High School, then brought her aboard the bus after she arrived late because of family matters.
• The students teased Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi about their matching outfits until Katsuto Jumonji quieted them.
• Mayumi Saegusa told Yunyi that dealing with people connected to the Saegusa Family had been difficult, and Yunyi said he would wait to act until he caught the Old Black Bug.

When a burning car threatened the bus, Yunyi used spatial magic to make it vanish, shocking the passengers and revealing another part of his power. The bus continued on, while Mayumi Saegusa returned to sleep and the others wondered what Yunyi could do.

• A car crashed across the lanes in front of the bus, and Kanon Chiyoda and the other students tried to stop it with conflicting spells.
• Mari Watanabe told the students to stop, while Mayumi Saegusa woke and Yunyi promised to handle the danger.
• Yunyi opened a black rift with his spell, "Banishment," and the burning car disappeared into it.
• Miyuki Shiba and the passengers were stunned, while Gyoubu Hattori suspected the rift might lead to another world.
• Mayumi Saegusa recognized Yunyi's spatial magic and went back to sleep, while Mari Watanabe warned Kanon Chiyoda not to provoke him.

Yunyi attended the Nine Schools Competition exchange gathering with Mayumi Saegusa, drawing attention from students across the schools as they entered hand in hand. At First High School’s gathering place, they encountered Erika Chiba in a maid outfit, and Miyuki Shiba commented on it.

• Mayumi Saegusa got Yunyi out of his room and supervised him as he changed into a Course 1 Student uniform for the gathering.
• Mayumi Saegusa arrived at the event hall holding Yunyi’s hand, making Miyuki Shiba envious as Mari Watanabe noticed Mayumi’s unusual excitement.
• Yunyi tickled Mayumi Saegusa’s palm just as Katsuto Jumonji opened the hall doors, nearly making her lose her composure.
• Students from Second High School cheered for Mari Watanabe, and Mayumi Saegusa’s fans later reacted to seeing her arrive with Yunyi.
• Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa reached First High School’s group, where they found Erika Chiba serving in a maid outfit alongside Miki and Mizuki.

Yunyi disrupted Retsu Kudou’s magic during his appearance at the gathering, then left with Mayumi Saegusa for some private teasing. The chapter ended with Mayumi biting Yunyi after they playfully tussled in his room.

• Erika Chiba, Yunyi, and Mayumi Saegusa joked about maid cosplay while Shizuku Kitayama and Honoka Mitsui joined the group.
• Tatsuya Shiba remarked that Mayumi Saegusa, Jumonji, and Watanabe gave First High an unfair advantage, and Mayumi whispered that Yunyi was an even bigger cheat.
• When the venue lights went out, Yunyi used Domain Magic to disrupt Retsu Kudou’s Mental Interference Magic and expose him to the students.
• Retsu Kudou apologized for his failed display and delivered an impromptu address while Yunyi squeezed Mayumi’s hand.
• Mayumi Saegusa pulled Yunyi to his room, scolded him for squeezing her hand, and playfully pounced on him before biting him.

Tatsuya Shiba struggled to tune Liu Yunyi’s unusual Ancient Magic CAD before detecting terrorists near the Nine Schools Competition and rescuing Mikihiko Yoshida from their attack. Later, Yunyi watched from a hotel room as Mikihiko left, while Mayumi Saegusa’s arrival distracted him.

• Tatsuya Shiba worked on Liu Yunyi’s CAD, and Kei Isori checked two other CADs for him.
• Tatsuya Shiba finished his tuning work and left the engineering vehicle to rest.
• Tatsuya Shiba sensed malice, identified three terrorists, and rushed after them as Mikihiko Yoshida pursued them.
• Mikihiko Yoshida tried to attack the terrorists with talismans, but Tatsuya Shiba decomposed one terrorist’s gun with Flash Cast and lightning knocked the attackers unconscious.
• Yunyi watched from his hotel room as Mikihiko Yoshida left, then turned his attention to Mayumi Saegusa when she spoke to him.

Yunyi spent the night with Mayumi Saegusa, then helped her get ready for the Battle Board main competition. They joined First High School's spectators, where Miyuki Shiba and the others were teasing Tatsuya Shiba.

• Yunyi decided to let Mayumi Saegusa stay, and the two spent the night together.
• Tatsuya Shiba noticed someone spying on him, stopped observing after recognizing Yunyi and Mayumi, and spoke with Harunobu Kazama.
• Mari Watanabe discovered Mayumi had not returned to their room and gave Yunyi clothes for her before warning him about her match.
• Yunyi woke Mayumi, waited while she got ready, and accompanied her to the Battle Board main competition.
• Yunyi joined Miyuki Shiba and the others as they teased Tatsuya, then Mayumi urged everyone to watch the match.

Yunyi challenged Mayumi Saegusa to win her Speed Shooting championship match with a large lead in exchange for one favor, then accompanied her to the competition venue. The First High support team learned that Gyoubu Hattori had been eliminated from Battle Board, worsening their prospects against Third High.

• Yunyi offered Mayumi one favor if she won the Speed Shooting championship before her opponent reached a quarter of her score, and Mayumi accepted the challenge.
• Mari Watanabe advanced through her Battle Board quarterfinal while Tatsuya Shiba explained her magic, and Yunyi blocked out the crowd with a sound-blocking spell.
• After Mari's match, Yunyi accompanied Mayumi to the support area, where she explained that First High was gathering information on its rivals and aiming to keep Third High from winning major events.
• Mayumi said Yunyi could have eased the team's pressure by entering Monolith Code, but Yunyi said he would compete against the Ichijo Family's heir next year.
• Suzune Ichihara learned that Gyoubu Hattori had lost in the men's Battle Board quarterfinal and began working out a new strategy.

After men's Battle Board cost First High valuable points, Yunyi reassured Mayumi Saegusa that he would help secure points in the remaining events and encouraged her before Speed Shooting. Mayumi won her match with a perfect score, while Yunyi gained inspiration from her magic.

• Suzune Ichihara explained that Gyoubu Hattori's loss and the missing Battle Board points meant First High needed victories in Crowd Ball and Icicle Destruction.
• Mayumi Saegusa volunteered for women's Crowd Ball and said Yunyi could handle the men's event and Icicle Destruction; Yunyi also promised a surprise in the newcomers' competition.
• Tatsuya Shiba briefly felt as though someone was watching him, but the sensation disappeared.
• Yunyi kissed Mayumi Saegusa before her Speed Shooting match and wished her luck.
• Mayumi Saegusa hit every target and earned a "PERFECT" score, while Yunyi studied her magic for inspiration.
• Mayumi Saegusa met Yunyi and Mari Watanabe after the match, then punched Yunyi lightly for being naughty.

Mayumi Saegusa reached the Speed Shooting final with a perfect record and tried to meet the conditions of her bet with Yunyi. She won the final with another perfect score, then raced toward the contestants' passage after seeing her opponent's result.

• Mayumi hid behind Yunyi when a Third High School contestant arrived, and Mari Watanabe sent the contestant on to compete.
• Mayumi advanced through the Speed Shooting preliminaries, quarterfinals, and semifinals without missing a shot, but fell two targets short of the score needed to win her bet with Yunyi.
• Yunyi promised Mayumi a favor if she won the championship, and Mayumi left for the final determined to shoot faster.
• Mayumi destroyed her first three targets almost simultaneously, drawing attention from Tatsuya Shiba and the other spectators as they noticed her improved magic activation.
• Mayumi won the final with a PERFECT score, saw the number on her opponent's screen, and ran excitedly toward the contestants' passage.

Mayumi Saegusa won her third consecutive Speed Shooting championship, then celebrated briefly with Yunyi before he went to Tatsuya Shiba’s room to test his competition CAD. Tatsuya revealed that he was Silver but not Taurus, leaving Yunyi with the secret as he began to speak by the window.

• Mayumi Saegusa rushed to Yunyi after her victory over the Third High School competitor, whose score was 24:100.
• Yunyi congratulated Mayumi Saegusa on winning her third consecutive Speed Shooting championship, and she playfully accepted the title “Elfen Sniper.”
• After declining Mayumi Saegusa’s celebration invitation, Yunyi visited Tatsuya Shiba and tested the competition CAD Tatsuya had adjusted for him.
• Yunyi explained that someone from his family had seen Tatsuya and Shiba at FLT’s research and development center, leading him to identify Tatsuya as Silver.
• Tatsuya told Yunyi that he was Silver but that Taurus was someone else, and asked him to keep the two-person team’s identity secret.
• Yunyi went to the window and began to speak while looking out at the night.

Yunyi teased Tatsuya Shiba about his sister’s visit, then used a combination of Mirror Reflection and a gravity net to overwhelm his Crowd Ball opponent. He left the match appearing nearly impossible to score against.

• Yunyi told Tatsuya Shiba he would keep his secrets, and Tatsuya agreed to keep Yunyi’s secrets as well.
• Miyuki Shiba arrived at Tatsuya’s room, and Yunyi teased her about a “night raid” before revealing that Tatsuya had seen Mayumi Saegusa in Yunyi’s room.
• Tatsuya explained what he had seen, and Miyuki admired Mayumi’s boldness before Tatsuya cautioned her not to imitate her.
• Yunyi went to the Crowd Ball venue, where Mayumi stopped by to cheer him on before returning to her own event.
• Yunyi used Mirror Reflection together with a gravity net to send his opponent’s ball back at amplified speed, leaving it unable to bounce and demonstrating how difficult it would be to score against him.

Yunyi dominated Crowd Ball by using a sustained double barrier combined with gravity magic, leaving his opponents unable to score. After winning the championship, he returned to Mayumi, while Third High School recognized him as a formidable threat and warned its Icicle Destruction competitors.

• Yunyi defeated a Fifth High School competitor in Crowd Ball, then left to meet Mayumi Saegusa.
• Miyuki Shiba explained that Yunyi had combined mirror-like barrier magic with gravity magic, making the balls bounce back toward his opponents.
• Mayumi Saegusa told Yunyi that her own match had been easy, and Yunyi returned to his venue after they exchanged a few words.
• Yunyi advanced through the Crowd Ball quarterfinals and semifinals to win the championship without moving after deploying a double barrier.
• Shinkuro Kichijoji and Masaki Ichijo discussed Yunyi's unusual magic and warned Third High School's Icicle Destruction competitors to be careful.
• Yunyi's opponent from Third High School knelt on the court after the final, and Masaki Ichijo called Yunyi a wall of sighs.